Slicer and grater



(No Model.)

C. F. SPBRY. SLIGER AND GMT-5R.

10.503,272. Paten-eed Aug. 15,1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. SPERY, OF HERMANN, ASSIGNOR TO IVILLIAM J. GIESSLER, ALEXANDER KILPATRICK, AND FRANK VJ. I-IUNLETH, OF ST. LOUIS,

MISSOURI.

SLICER AND GRATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 503,272, dated August 15, 1893.

Application filed March l0, 1893. Serial No. 465,447. (No model.)

To f1/ZZ 'whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. SPERY, of Hermann, Missouri, have made a new and use ful Improvement in Slicers and Graters, of which the following is a full,clear, andexaet description.

The improvement consists partly in the mode of constructing the slicer and partly in the mode of combining the slicer and grater, substantially as is hereinafter set forth and claimed, aided bythe annexed drawings, inaking part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of the utensil, looking toward the grater-side thereof; Fig. 2 a cross section on the line 2--2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 a view similar to that of Fig. 2, but showing a modification; in the last tWo named views the Slicer is indicated in broken lines; Fig. e a face view of the slicer; Fig. 5 a longitudinal section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 a side elevation of the utensil looking toward the Slicer-side thereof; and Fig. 7 a section on theline 7-7 of Fig. 6. Figs. 5 and 7 are upon an enlarged scale.

The saine letters of reference denote the saine parte.

The improved construction under consideration comprises a grater, A, and a slicer B.

The grater is of the ordinary construction saving as it is supplemented and modified by the improvement under consideration. It has a suitable abrading surface, a, and handle, ct', but at its side edges respectively the grater is shaped to form or is provided with guides c2, a3. In the form of construction shown in Figs. 2 and 1 the guides are integral with the main part, or abrading surface, a, of the grater. In the form shown in Fig. 3

the guides are separate pieces and attached, say by soldering, to the part ct. In either case the guides, while they receive the wire which constitutes the handle of the utensil, are shaped substantially as shown to receive the edges, h, h', respectively, of the Slicer. Cross-bars, C, C', may be attached to the grater as shown for the purpose of stil-fening it.

The slicer, B, is substantially a fiat piece,

usually of metal, and adapted to be insertedl in and withdrawn from the grater-guides. It is provided with one or more knives, h2, and it is slotted at b3 in front of each knife, substantially as shown at b2,to provide openings for discharging the pieces sliced hy the knives, and which drop through the slots and are sustained by the grater beneath.

The mode of attaching' the slicer in position for use is indicated in Fig. 6, and to more securely coniine the slicer in place it is provided with a spring-tongue, h4, which, when the slicer is inserted far enough in the grater can spring downward, as indicated in Fig. 7 and engage in a slot, c, in the cross-bar C, substantially as shown. The cross-bars are not essential to the construction as the slicer serves in a measure to brace the grater. The grater, in turn, not only serves as a framework i'or the slicer but also, and by reason of its abrading surface, enables the operator to obtain a firmer hold upon the utensil while being used as a slicer. That is, in slicing vegetables, the operator can grasp the roughened part, ct, which constitutes the abrading surface of the grater, in one hand, and with the other hand can pass the article being sliced against the knives of the slicer. The grater also as suggested becomes a receptacle for holding the sliced material.

As thus constructed it will be noticed that while I prefer to use the device as a whole, the slicer and grater can, when occasion demands, be used separately, or, when it is desired to clean the inside tace of either, this can be done by merely separating the slicer from the grater. The curved shape shown I consider the preferable form for the grater, but do not wish to be limited precisely thereto, so long as the grater is shaped to forni a receptacle for the sliced material, and to pr0 vide a desirable handle for the slicer.

I claimguides, the slotted cross-bar, and the slicer [o 1. The combination of the graiter having,r slotted and provided with the knives and at its side edges'respectively the guides as despring tongue, substantially as described. scribed, and the Slicer slotted and equipped Witness my hand this 7th day of March, 5 with one or more knives as described, said 1893.

Slicer being adapted to be inserted in and CHAS. F. SPERY. withdrawn from said grater guides, substzm- Witnesses: f tially as described. ARNOLD RHUMP,

2. The combination of the grater having the H. GIESEKE. 

